The big play was a 13 yard screen pass to Mooney. A Mongillo-to-Ralph Navarro pass put the Dons on George Fox 18, but on the next play, the same identical one, Navarro fumbled and the Dons lost another scoring chance. The Quakers could not move, however, and they punted the ball back to USF. On the very first play Mongillo faded back, waited for Gasparini to get behind his defenders, and arched a perfect toss right into his arms. Gasparini crossed the goal line unmolested, completing a 49 yard pass play. Olerich converted again and the Dons were ahead 17-0. Quaker halfback Carlisle averted a shutout by swinging 81 yards to paydirt, but by then it was too late, and USF had a big 174 victory. The Dons rolled up 297 total yards with 169 in the air and 126 on the ground. Freshman quarterback Steve Mongillo, getting better with each game, treated a meager, but delirious crowd of 500 to an aerial show, as he completed 14 of 28 passes for 169 yards and one touchdown. Most of his tosses went to end Mike Gasparini, who was a sensational surprise at flanker (TheFoghorn).
